Chapter 160 The First Step of Expansion
"You go first, I have to pick someone up."
Du Shaojie shook his head and let Huang Tingting and Xiao Jianjun go first, then went out and rode his bicycle and headed straight for Chunfeng Lane.
Liang Meiqin must be there for Dapeng's birthday. He first went back to the old house to park the bike, and then went to Meiqin's house.
"Shaojie, I don't know what gift to buy for Dapeng's birthday, so I just took a bottle of wine from my dad. Do you think it's okay?"
Liang Meiqin looked in good spirits. Du Shaojie pushed her to Su Dapeng's house and chatted all the way.
"It's okay as long as the intention is there, there's no need to be so particular."
The two chatted and laughed, and soon arrived at Su Dapeng's house.
It was his birthday today, so he cooked 40 [Dezhou Braised Chicken] at Du Shaojie's house, and stewed it just now. Wang Yuxiu was watching the fire at home.
Huang Tingting, Xiao Jianjun and five others had already arrived, plus Du Shaojie, Liang Meiqin and Su Dapeng himself, it was just right to make up a table.
Most of the dishes in the evening were prepared by Su Dapeng's mother. Huang Tingting and Gao Guoqiang helped to prepare a few cold dishes, and everyone sat down to drink.
Later, Du Xiaoya also ran over. Su Dapeng served her the food and asked her to take it back to eat with Wang Yuxiu.
Today, the fire in the old house was occupied, and Wang Yuxiu was also very busy, so dinner had to be solved like this.
"Dapeng, happy birthday to you!"
Du Shaojie suggested that everyone toast, and then he took care of Liang Meiqin most of the time.
It was still very lively for a group of young people to be together. Su Dapeng's family did not come to the table, and the food was brought into the inner room to eat, just to make room for the little ones.
The atmosphere at the wine table was always good. Su Dapeng and Huang Tingting and others were toasting and drinking, and they looked very harmonious.
Liang Meiqin didn't say much all night, but she always had a warm smile on her face. With Du Shaojie's care, she could eat and drink well, and she was still very happy to sit with everyone.
Gao Guoqiang, Deng Gang and Yang Li said goodbye and left at about nine o'clock. Later, Du Shaojie also sent Liang Meiqin back home.
When he returned to Su Dapeng's house, Huang Tingting was helping Su Dapeng's mother clean up the mess, while Xiao Jianjun was helping Su Dapeng deal with the white-striped chickens. There were about 30 of them.
"Dapeng, you don't have a rest today for your birthday?"
Su Dapeng originally planned to work overtime overnight after the guests left.
Du Shaojie felt that this guy was very ruthless in doing things, unlike some people who were content with a small fortune and lost the motivation to move forward after making a little money.
"It's just a little work, and it will be done quickly. Shaojie, don't leave yet, I'll talk to you about something later."
Su Dapeng drank a lot of wine, but he didn't get drunk, at least it didn't affect his work.
Huang Tingting finished her work quickly and came over to help. She and Xiao Jianjun make pepper chicken every day, and they can learn the processes such as handling ingredients and marinating at a glance.
Su Dapeng thanked the two, then explained, and pulled Du Shaojie into his room.
"Shaojie, I want to open another store, do you think it's okay?"
"Of course, but opening another store will require help, and you need to solve this problem yourself."
Du Shaojie nodded and agreed immediately. After such a long period of operation, the small store has become famous. It is not a good thing to always use hungry marketing. It is time to expand the scale.
He was not active before mainly because he did not want his mother to be too tired. Therefore, if the other party wants to expand, he must have help.
"I was just about to tell you about this. My brother-in-law was having an affair outside and was discovered by my sister. Recently, the two of them went through the divorce procedures. My sister is going to come back with the child, and she can help us run the store."
Su Dapeng's sister was also unlucky. When she was sent to the countryside, she fell in love with a local young man and got married.
As a result, when the educated youth returned to the city, she could not go back to the city. Who knew that she would end up like this after choosing the wrong person.
"No problem for me. You can handle the rest. Also, the salary for Sister Yun can't be too low. After all, she has a child to raise."
Du Shaojie had no objection. As for how the two siblings divided the money, it was their family affair, but the store would definitely pay Su Xiaoyun a salary.
Wang Yuxiu and Su Dapeng did not take a salary, but only dividends, so the situation was different.
"Just your words will do! I have already found a small store near the Hongqi Road Market, and I will rent it later. Then you have to prepare more spice bags in the future, otherwise they will not be enough."
Su Dapeng was very happy. In fact, as long as Du Shaojie agreed to open another store, it didn't matter whether Su Xiaoyun was paid or not. Anyway, he would take out a part of his dividends for his sister. After
the two finished talking about business, Du Shaojie said goodbye and left.
When he left, Huang Tingting and Xiao Jianjun were still helping Su Dapeng. They were two honest people. When
he returned home, Du Shaojie saw his mother still busy in the kitchen, so he asked her to go and rest quickly. You don't need to watch the fire too closely. Du Shaojie only takes a look after such a long time.
This is mainly a matter of experience. Wang Yuxiu is still a little bit behind.
While waiting for the chicken to stew, Du Shaojie entered the simulation scene to participate in a round of [Simulation Chef Skills (Group B2) Competition].
This time he performed well and barely made it to the semi-finals. Although he was eliminated in the end, he made some progress after all. Later, the chicken was cooked, he sealed the furnace, took a shower and went to bed.
The next day.
Du Shaojie rushed to the snack bar at 5:30.
At this time, the snack bar was in full swing.
Steaming buns, cooking porridge, frying dough sticks, making tofu brain. Everyone in the kitchen was busy, and Xiao Jianjun was even busier.
The snack bar will open at eight o'clock. If you don't hurry now, it will be too late.
Du Shaojie inspected the ingredients, production process, taste and texture of the finished product, and then pointed out some problems and asked everyone to correct them immediately.
"The taste of tofu pudding is the taste of the marinade. Jianjun, look, the marinade you made is far from good! I will show you a demonstration now, and you will follow my standards later."
Du Shaojie tasted the tofu pudding marinade made by Xiao Jianjun and was very dissatisfied.
He then made a small pot of marinade himself, and explained it in detail to Xiao Jianjun and others while making it.
After it was done, he asked Xiao Jianjun and others to taste it. The comparison was obvious, and Xiao Jianjun and others were convinced.
In addition, there are certain skills in frying dough sticks and making fried cakes. Du Shaojie also demonstrated it to everyone, which is equivalent to re-setting the standards and raising the requirements by a large margin.
The employees of the morning shift dared not speak, for fear of being scolded.
In the back kitchen, whoever has a higher level of skills is the boss. Moreover, Du Shaojie was the manager of the snack bar. In this small area, no one dared to challenge his authority.
Not to mention Xiao Jianjun, who had not yet been promoted, even Dong Jun, who was a second-level chef, did not dare.
Later, Du Shaojie ate a bowl of tofu brain and two fried dough sticks, and then went to the office. During the whole breakfast time, he was always wandering around the kitchen and the lobby, checking the work of the employees and observing the business situation.
Finally, he concluded that the snack bar was currently doing a booming business and there was still a lot of room for development in the future.
After breakfast, Du Shaojie went back to make up for his sleep. He got up too early today and was a little sleepy. He was still relatively free now. Unless there was a leader looking for him, he could arrange his time by himself.
After waking up, he came to the snack bar. Under the leadership of Dong Jun, each team was busy in an orderly manner.
Du Shaojie was now very satisfied with Dong Jun. The other party shared most of the work for him, and he worked hard and never complained.
"Manager Du, your letter."
Near noon, the girl at the hotel front desk ran over and handed Du Shaojie two letters.
The snack bar does not have a separate mail room. Like the Chinese restaurant, the hotel is responsible for mail delivery.
"Thank you! Wait a minute, I'll get you two fried cakes to take home."
Du Shaojie thanked the person, then packed a few fried cakes and handed them to the other party.
The fried cakes were fried in the morning, and there were only a few left at this time. He gave them all to the girl at the front desk.
"Thank you, Manager Du, my name is Du Juan, and we are from the same family."
The girl smiled and ran away. She had just started working and her lively and active personality was still very obvious.
Du Shaojie also laughed, and then went to sign the sales ledger. This was a normal write-off, and he definitely didn't need to pay for it himself.
Then he walked into the office, opened two letters and read them.
One letter was from Qi Yan, and the other was from his sister Xiaomei.
After reading them, he did not reply immediately, especially Xiaomei's letter, which had a paragraph written to Wang Yuxiu and Xiaoya, and another paragraph written to Liang Meiqin.
When it was time for dinner, Du Shaojie said hello to Dong Jun and rode his bike to the People's Hospital.
Wang Liwen was on vacation today, so he came over to cook two dishes for her. Although he didn't know when she would be able to go abroad, it should be soon, maybe early next year.
Cherish the few times they spent together, and neither of them brought up the topic of studying abroad when they met.
In the evening.
Du Shaojie returned to the old house and read a passage from Xiaomei's letter to Wang Yuxiu.
A smile spread across Wang Yuxiu's face, while Xiaoya lowered her head and turned back to her room.
"What's wrong, Xiaoya?"
Du Shaojie saw something was wrong, and after knocking on the door and going in, he saw the little sister crying.
"Wow, I miss my sister."
Xiaoya and her sister had a good relationship and missed each other very much.
Du Shaojie quickly comforted her and said that a semester actually went by very quickly. Xiaomei would be back after the winter vacation, and if she knew that someone was crying, wouldn't she laugh to death?
"What a nuisance! Brother, I'm fine, don't worry about me."
Xiaoya has this personality, and her emotions come and go quickly.
At night.
Du Shaojie wanted to write a reply to Qi Yan, but suddenly he didn't know what to write.
He could feel the other party's strong longing, but also a little confusion and hesitation.
As a university where talents gather, such an outstanding Yan Zi would not be without admiration. At the two ends of the scale, one end is a proud college student, and the other end is a talented chef with a little fame. It shouldn't be too difficult to choose, right?
After four years of separation, will only the memories of childhood sweethearts remain?
Du Shaojie sighed, pondered for a long time, and decided to let everything go with the flow. In the end, he wrote a reply letter in the same way as before.
However, he himself did not realize that his writing was becoming more and more fluent and his words were becoming more and more beautiful.
Having lived two lives, he is not only able to conquer other people's stomachs with his cooking skills, but can also touch people's hearts with his pen.
(End of this chapter)
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